Women in Sudan protest against the state of emergency

Many Sudanese women on Thursday led protests in Khartoum against the state of emergency imposed by President Omar al-Bashir on February 22.

On Thursday, hundreds of Sudanese marched into the streets of the Sudanese capital Khartoum as part of a women-led protest to protest against the state of emergency imposed by President Omar al-Bashir, who is facing a protest movement asking for his departure for more than two months.

Bashir decided to ban the unlicensed gatherings and ordered the establishment of special emergency courts to review the violations committed under the state of emergency.

However, this did not prevent the number of demonstrators led by women on Thursday to get to the street, shouting anti-Bashir slogans in some neighbourhoods in Khartoum and Omdurman, according to the French agency press, but the security forces arrested a number of protesters.

The protests’ organizers called for vigils on Thursday in support of women, on the eve of the International Women's Day. "We call on our people to participate in the marches of Thursday to honour the mothers who lost their children during our struggle," said the Coalition for Freedom and Change.

On Thursday evening, the security forces fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators gathered in northern Khartoum, according to witnesses.

Officials say that 31 people have been killed since the beginning of protests on December 19, 2018 through the violence that accompanied the demonstrations, while the Human Rights Watch says that the death toll amounted at least to 51.

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